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🌶️ A chili paste ⛪ A Lebanese town
harissa

harissa

1 6.9
A hot red paste made from chili peppers and garlic used to add spice to food
  • noun
  • /həˈrɪsə/
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  • At market stalls in that olive-producing country, shoppers can buy olives coated with harissa, the fiery red pepper paste.
  • harissa sauce
  • harissa mayonnaise
  • harissa, cumin

Examples

  • The sauce is called harissa and it's from Morocco.

  • I would tend toward Moroccan flavors, so I'd do something like make the pancakes with harissa.

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  • So this week we have gone for the harissa honey prawns, the one pot creamy thyme and mustard chicken, and the sweet and sticky beef bowl.

  • Hash Browns, Zoe's gone for hide and squeak, what's in this egg harissa sauce, halloumi and avocado.

  • Stir together hummus and harissa in a small bowl.

  • Transfer to a bowl and toss with vinegar, mint, harissa, and garlic.

Synonyms

Sriracha
vsharissa
7 4.8

A spicy chili sauce from Thailand that people put on food to add heat

is a spicier paste focusing on spices and garlic, not sweet or vinegary
sambal
vsharissa
1 7.6

A spicy Indonesian sauce made from chili peppers to put on food

is a thicker North African paste used for cooking and flavoring dishes

How Spicy

sambal
1 7.6
harissa
1 6.9
paprika
20 2.5

Surface Forms

harissa singular
harissas plural

Etymology

The word harissa comes from an Arabic North African word harasa meaning 'to crush' or 'to mash'. So the spicy paste is literally named for how peppers and spices are crushed together to make the sauce.